Improvement in fruit-knives



G. W. STEVENS.

Fruit-Knives. 137,501. PatentedApril1,l873.

\Vituess'es Inventor v vention consists in a novel construction of aUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT m FRUIT-KNIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

137,501, dated April 1, 1573; application filed September 20, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. STEVENS, of San Francisco city and county,State of California, have invented an Improved Fruit- Knife; and 1 dohereby declare the following description and accompanying drawing aresuflicient to enable any person skilled in the art or Science to whichit most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention orimprovement without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates toan improved knife for cutting into quarters andcoring fruit and separating the pits or stones from such fruits as havethem, and for other purposes. My i11- knife having a semicircularcutter, in combination with three straight sections, which are placedradially to the curve. The knife is provided with a cutting-edge on bothsides.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view of my improvedknife.

The knife is usually made of thin steel and fitted into a suitablehandle, a. The portion of the blade nearest the handle is made straight,as at b, having sufficient length to reach to the pit of the fruit. Fromthis point the knife curves, as at c, and this portion encircles thepitor stone. Another Straight section, (1, in a line with the Section2), runs from the outer point of the curve portion 0, and a thirdstraight blade or portion of ablade, e, is made to project at or aboutright angles to the line ,of the straight sections 1) and d. The knifeWitnesses:

JOHN L. BooNE, 0. M. RICHARDSON.

